Everyone was tearing Choc a new arsehole over his behaviour at the end, but I literally saw his contract when the NRL accidentally faxed it to me (and I told Wayne Honeywood about it).
It was an amendment deed reducing it to accommodate other players.
I promised I wouldn't release the specific amounts back then, and I still wouldn't.
I'm sorry, this product we are watching now, isn't Manly. It's much, much more talented than the teams before Des created a legacy.
The difference is what those original teams lacked in skill, they made up for with heart and effort.
I'm suffering depression already, but what helped me through rough times in the past (even when we were **** and had NBQ, Creary, Kane Cleal and others in the team), I at least felt part of something, and behind a group of boys who would die in the trenches together.
This product is awful. Just awful both on and off the field. Recruitment, Ownership, Management, Social Media controls, the coaching staff, the players - it all just stinks.
Yes, I'll always be a fan, and continue to pay massive dollars to watch their slop, and suffer their off field bull****, but it's very, very hard to be a fan of this team right now.
Killing me, and I'm starting to think literally. I know it's just a game to everyone, but it was my passion, and it's being taken from me by these current people who are ruining our culture.
